Kaoru Mende is an architectural lighting design

Architectural lighting design

Architectural lighting design is a field within architecture and architectural engineering that concerns itself primarily with the illumination of buildings. The objective of architectural lighting design is to obtain sufficient light for the purposes of the building, balancing factors of initial...

er from Japan.

Mende has bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...

. He is a professor of lighting design at Musashino Art University

Musashino Art University

is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo founded in 1962 and has roots going back to 1929.Teikoku Art School was founded in 1929; in 1948 it became Musashino Art School , and in 1962 it became Musashino Art University...

 and also lectures at the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo University of the Arts, among other institutions.

Kaoru Mende is the CEO of Lighting Planners Associates. He has won many awards from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America is a non-profit learned society that was founded in New York City on January 10, 1906. The IES's stated mission is to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into...

 (IESNA) and International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD).

Awards

2007

• Chino Cultural Complex — Radiance Award for Excellence in Lighting Design, IALD International Lighting Design Awards
• Changi Airport Redesign, Award of Merit, IALD International Lighting Design Awards

2006

• One George Street — IESNA Award of Excellence
• Hiroshima City Naka Incineration Plant — IALD Award of Excellence
• Kyoto State Guest House — IESNA Award of Merit
• Kyoto State Guest House — IALD Award of Merit

2005

• Shiodome Sumitomo Building — IESNA Award of Merit
• W Seoul Walkerhill
  W Seoul Walkerhill
  W Seoul-Walkerhill, the world’s foremost “style” hotel brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. is the first W Hotels debut in Asia. Billed as a sumptuous haven with urban sensibilities, with unique design and dramatic use of space and color, W Seoul-Walkerhill promises to WOW guests with a stunning...
  
    — IESNA Award of Merit

2004

• Kani Public Arts Center — IESNA Award of Merit
• Shiodome City Center & Block B Common Use Area — IESNA Award of Merit
• Nagasaki National Peace Memorial for the Atomic Bomb Victims — Japan Lighting Award

2003

• Oasis 21 — IESNA Award of Distinction
• Sendai Mediatheque — IALD Honorable Mention

2002

• Iwate Museum of Art
  Iwate Museum of Art
  The is an art museum in Morioka, Japan. It was opened in 2001.The museum has a permanent exhibition of works by local Iwate Prefecture artists Tetsugoro Yorozu, Shunsuke Matsumoto and Yasutake Funakoshi, and houses temporary exhibitions on both Japanese and foreign themes.- External links :* in...
  
   — IESNA Award of Merit
• Osaka Maritime Museum
  Osaka Maritime Museum
  The is a maritime museum in Osaka, Japan. It was opened by the Mayor of Osaka City on 14 July 2000 having started on site in March 1998. Designed by architect Paul Andreu with engineering design by Arup and Tohata. the museum was built on reclaimed land in the Bay of Osaka at a cost of 12.8bn yen,...
  
    — IESNA Award of Merit
• National Museum of Emerging Science & Innovation — IESNA Award of Merit

1997

• Tokyo International Forum — IALD Award of Excellence

1996

• Symbol Promenade Water Front Sub Center — IESNA Award of Merit
• Shinjuku Island Tower — IESNA Award of Merit
• Osaka World Trade Center — IESNA Award of Merit
• Kyoto Concert Hall — IESNA Award of Merit
• CASA — IESNA Award of Merit

1995

• Toyonokuni Library for Resources — IESNA Award of Excellence
• Beppu Park — IESNA Award of Merit
• NTT CRED Motomachi Building — IESNA Award of Merit
• Tokyo Marine Insurance Seminar Center — IESNA Award of Merit
• National Yokohama International Conference Hall — IESNA Award of Merit

1994

• Toyota Amlux Osaka — IESNA Award of Merit
• Izumigo Plaza Hotel, Tateshina — IESNA Award of Merit
• Panasonic Data & Communication Center — IESNA Edwin F. Guth Memorial Special Citation

1985

• Japan Garden Light — IESNA Award of Excellence